{"id":2011,"date":"2014-01-02T16:54:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T22:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2014-01-02T16:54:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T22:54:06","slug":"thirteen-adieu-twenty-thirteen-bienvenu-twenty-fourteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/thirteen-adieu-twenty-thirteen-bienvenu-twenty-fourteen\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen: Adieu Twenty Thirteen; Bienvenu, Twenty Fourteen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon, it suddenly hit me I should paint the last sunset of 2013, and then finish it in 2014.  We had a New Year&#8217;s party to go to later, but I had enough time to go out, set up, get the basic color notes, watch the sunset, and then finish the painting the next day in 2014. Painting sunsets en plein air is tricky as right after the best part, it becomes too dark to paint!  You have to make color notes, and then finish the painting another time.<\/p>\n<p>I went to Norwood Creek at the corner of White Road and Norwood Avenue.  Most of Norwood Creek flows under Norwood Avenue, but emerges at this intersection, where it is just a channel and terminates in Thompson Creek.  Some of you know I started and sold a software company in the nineties, and our offices were on this corner, behind where I was painting.  It&#8217;s also about the closest &#8216;creek&#8217; to my home.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2019\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2593.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2019\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/thirteen-adieu-twenty-thirteen-bienvenu-twenty-fourteen\/img_2593\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2593.jpg?fit=1280%2C960\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388508042&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"My easel set up on White Road.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;My easel set up on White Road.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My easel set up on White Road.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2593.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2593.jpg?fit=1024%2C768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2593.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"My easel set up on White Road.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2593.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2593.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2593.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My easel set up on White Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2020\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2598.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2020\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/thirteen-adieu-twenty-thirteen-bienvenu-twenty-fourteen\/img_2598\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2598.jpg?fit=1280%2C709\" data-orig-size=\"1280,709\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388508197&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015360983102919&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Looking across White Road.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Looking across White Road.  You can see my easel on the far left.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Looking across White Road.  You can see my easel on the far left.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2598.jpg?fit=300%2C166\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2598.jpg?fit=1024%2C567\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2598.jpg?resize=300%2C166\" alt=\"Looking across White Road.  You can see my easel right behind the light pole.\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2598.jpg?resize=300%2C166 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2598.jpg?resize=1024%2C567 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2598.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking across White Road.  You can see my easel right behind the light pole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2021\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2604.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2021\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/thirteen-adieu-twenty-thirteen-bienvenu-twenty-fourteen\/img_2604\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2604.jpg?fit=1280%2C960\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388508331&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0020242914979757&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The scene as I painted.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The scene as I painted.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The scene as I painted.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2604.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2604.jpg?fit=1024%2C768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2604.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"The scene as I painted.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2604.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2604.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2604.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The scene as I painted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eastridge Shopping Mall is in the far distance.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the finished painting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2022\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2680.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2022\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/thirteen-adieu-twenty-thirteen-bienvenu-twenty-fourteen\/img_2680\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2680.jpg?fit=1280%2C1012\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1012\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388671473&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Adieu 2013; Bienvenu, 2014 8&amp;#215;10 oil on panel\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Adieu 2013; Bienvenu,   2014 8&amp;#215;10 oil on panel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Adieu 2013; Bienvenu, 2014 8&amp;#215;10 oil on panel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2680.jpg?fit=300%2C237\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2680.jpg?fit=1024%2C809\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2680.jpg?resize=300%2C237\" alt=\"Adieu 2013; Bienvenu, 2014 8x10 oil on panel\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2680.jpg?resize=300%2C237 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2680.jpg?resize=1024%2C809 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2680.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adieu 2013; Bienvenu, 2014 8&#215;10 oil on panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Happy New Year Everyone!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon, it suddenly hit me I should paint the last sunset of 2013, and then finish it in 2014. We had a New Year&#8217;s party to go to later, but I had enough time to go out, set up, get the basic color notes, watch the sunset, and then finish the painting the next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,21,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-creeks-and-rivers-of-silicon-valley","category-landscape","category-plein-air"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gXkU-wr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}